Example sentences of "he [verb] never [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He recommends the phrase ‘ care of the body ’ to be used in discussion with clients and continues to surprise us by telling us that in his experience of funeral-arranging he has never yet had anything but a positive response to , ‘ Would you like us to look after mother in our usual way , so that you will be assured of having an everlasting memory of her sleeping peacefully and at rest ? ’ |
| 2 | Tom has infected at least 6 people — thought he has never even met Jane , Mark and Alan . |
| 3 | He has never actually heard anybody being shrunk before . |
| 4 | But although he now runs a hotel chain with 160 properties in 47 countries , he has never actually managed a hotel . |
| 5 | The allegation is dangerous and insulting to Morrissey , especially when you consider that he has never publicly espoused racist views . |
| 6 | Indeed , in the eight events since his last victory in which he has finished third equal or better , he has never once failed to beat par in the last round . |
| 7 | Even after deciding to put public service behind him and concentrate on the private sector , he has never quite seemed able to escape involvement with government . |
| 8 | I can well believe that he has always been in favour of a social charter in Europe , but he has never before asked us to be in Europe enjoying its disadvantages . |
| 9 | Yet even Eubank , deep down , does question his continuation in a sport that he has never really liked . |
| 10 | Indeed , he has never really fitted in since Kendall brought him down from Scotland more than a year ago . |
| 11 | He has never really taken off , but keep with him , he has steady sales . |
| 12 | Having been waited on hand and foot for most of his life and had people jump whenever he called , he has never really had the opportunity to be anything else . |
| 13 | Charles was too sensitive for his liking , too intellectual , too philosophical , and although Charles adored his father and has spent a lifetime trying to please him and be as he would like , he has never really succeeded . |
| 14 | To his surprise he finds himself basically in agreement on a wide range of questions which he has never really thought about before . |
| 15 | Though Page is a very fine photographer , he has never really bettered the work he did in Vietnam . |
| 16 | fuck you you know , I mean , he 'd never even met the girl before , he said it 's very you know distressful and demoralizing |
| 17 | He 'd never even seen the wedding-dress the boy had mentioned . |
| 18 | Daly achieved instant super-stardom when , as ninth reserve and without a caddie , he got into the 1991 US PGA Championship at the last minute , and played like a God for four days on a course he 'd never previously seen to win it . |
| 19 | He 'd never exactly believed that his life was charmed youngest in a family of seven in Stoke Newington would have been a damned strange place to start out from if that had been the case — but he 'd never believed himself to be one of life 's victims either . |
| 20 | You 've known for years he was devious , and he 'd never actually fallen over himself to be nice to you , had he ? |
| 21 | ‘ Not weak , but not bluffing either — not pretending he 'd never really wanted her , hated her , was better on his own . |
| 22 | Though he 'd never really believed that any woman would behave that coldly and that violently in response to an attack . |
| 23 | Anyway , Alfred could n't believe his luck ; he 'd never really made it with girls and here he was hitting the jackpot . |
| 24 | He 'd never really felt committed to Polly , even after six or seven years of marriage . |
| 25 | His two daughters who he 'd never really done anything for — expecting them to look after him . |
| 26 | Except we were always unsure when exactly his birthday was — the 15th or the 18th of January — he 'd never really known . |
| 27 | But he 'd never really thought about the insides . |
| 28 | He 'd never really thought about it before today . |
| 29 | William had loved his grandad , but he 'd never really listened to him . |
| 30 | In all the months that she 'd been going out with Adrian , he 'd never once asked to talk to her like that , in that special way , during school time . |